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Albuquerques newly renovated Convention Center has landed a futurist conference scheduled next year.

Mayor Richard Berry and the Albuquerque Convention & Visitors Bureau announced this afternoon that something called the Face the Future Conference will be held Downtown for the next five years. Next years event will be the first, so its not clear how many people it will attract.

The conference has already lined up a host of speakers who will address the future of private space travel, robotics, investment and other topics.

From a meetings and tourism perspective, having a conference of this magnitude here opens the door for future high-level bookings, as well, Dale Lockett of ACVB said in a news release. Plus, the fact that the conference has agreed to let Albuquerque host for at least its first five years will provide a tremendously positive economic.

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Futurists heading to Downtown ABQ next year